https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/a-condition-for-identifying-characters-in-a-value/m-p/265760#M52309 <P>If countc(comb,'1') le 4 then &lt;do what ever&gt;;</P> Fri, 22 Apr 2016 19:48:13 GMT ballardw 2016-04-22T19:48:13Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/a-condition-for-identifying-characters-in-a-value/m-p/265755#M52306 <P>Hi!&nbsp; I have a variable COMB that have values in 0,1 code.&nbsp; Is there a way (using contains, where, index or something) that would allow me to do this: &nbsp; if a value contains &lt;=4 (1's) to output to a new variable (COMB_1)?</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>data have;</P> <P>format comb $ 5.</P> <P>datalines;</P> <P>10111</P> <P>01001</P> <P>01000</P> <P>00000</P> <P>11110</P> <P>11111</P> <P>;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Help appreciated!!</P> Fri, 22 Apr 2016 19:32:17 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/a-condition-for-identifying-characters-in-a-value/m-p/265755#M52306 jenim514 2016-04-22T19:32:17Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/a-condition-for-identifying-characters-in-a-value/m-p/265760#M52309 <P>If countc(comb,'1') le 4 then &lt;do what ever&gt;;</P> Fri, 22 Apr 2016 19:48:13 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/a-condition-for-identifying-characters-in-a-value/m-p/265760#M52309 ballardw 2016-04-22T19:48:13Z